911 Dispatcher Helps Boy With Homework Emergency

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (CBS Local) — A boy who was having a “really bad day” and had “tons of homework” recently called a 911 dispatcher in Indiana with a math emergency.

“I had a really bad day and, I just don’t know,” the boy said at the start of the call, which was posted to the department’s official twitter account.

Our dispatchers never know what the next call might be.They train for many emergency situations, homework help is not one they plan for. We don't recommend 911 for homework help but this dispatcher helped a young boy out and brightened his day.@PoliceOne@apbweb@wlfi@WTHRcompic.twitter.com/w3qCYfJP7O

A spokesman said while the department does not recommend calling 911 for homework help, there was no danger to the public.

“That day there happened to be five dispatchers working at the same time, and only two dispatchers were taking calls,” Sgt. Matt Gard told BuzzFeed News. “Had other emergency calls come in, we had other dispatchers available to taking calls.”